Ravens 24, Browns 10

This is a 2009 photo of Ray Rice of the Baltimore Ravens NFL football team. This image reflects the Baltimore Ravens active roster as of Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (AP Photo)

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CLEVELAND - Ray Rice rushed for a career-high 204 yards, breaking loose on a game-changing 67-yarder in the third quarter, and Baltimore kept pace with Pittsburgh atop the AFC North with a victory over Cleveland on Sunday.

Rice and Ricky Williams had short touchdown runs, and Lardarius Webb returned a punt 68 yards for a TD for the Ravens (9-3), who toyed with the Browns (4-8). Baltimore racked up 290 yards rushing.

The Ravens turned to Rice on a blustery, rainy day when Joe Flacco had trouble throwing and kicker Billy Cundiff missed a pair of field-goal attempts.

Cleveland lost for the fifth time in six games, and the Browns have just three days to prepare for the Steelers.

Browns quarterback Colt McCoy was 17-of-35 passing for 192 yards and a TD, but he fell to 0-7 in his career against division opponents and did little to convince team management that he should be their QB of the future

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